Not to be confused with MS Scandinavia or SS Scandinavian.
USC&GS Scandinavia operating in Southeast Alaska in 1927 during her United States Coast and Geodetic Survey service.
History
United States Navy
Name
USS Scandinavia (SP-3363)
Namesake
Scandinavia, a region of northern Europe (previous name retained)
Builder
G. T. Taylor Marine Railway, Norfolk, Virginia
Completed
1916
Acquired
3 or 5 October 1918
Commissioned
5 October 1918
Decommissioned
21 May 1919
Stricken
21 May 1919
Fate
Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 21 May 1919
Notes
In use as civilian motorboat Scandinavia 1916–1918
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Name
USC&GS Scandinavia
Namesake
Previous name retained
Acquired
21 May 1919
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel)
Type
Patrol vessel
Displacement
26 tons
Length
61 ft (19 m)
Beam
13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Draft
5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Propulsion
2 x 4-cylinder, 45 hp (34 kW) Sterling gasoline engines, 2 x shafts
Speed
8.6 or 10 knots (sources disagree)
Complement
8
General characteristics (as U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey vessel)
Type
Survey launch
Capacity
Berthing for 3 people
USS Scandinavia (SP-3363) was a patrol vessel in commission in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919, seeing service in World War I. After her U.S. Navy service, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as the survey launch USC&GS Scandinavia from 1919.
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